There's you. And a hammer. And when you pick up the hammer you never think about whether it is using you. You also declare yourself the hero of the work:
Look, honey, it was I who hung the picture.
The team that formed, however briefly, was you and the hammer. A new entity, the two of you working together, becoming one, becoming something other. A new thi…
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